JOURNAL - OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL WEDNESDAY - 11 JANUARY 1967

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• Document Release Date: May 3, 2004
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: January 11, 1967
• Content Type: NOTES

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Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday - 11 January 1967
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5, Called on freshman Congressman
William Scherle (R., Iowa) and provided him with a brief back-
ground on the Agency and our Congressional oversight committees
and noted our availability should he desire further information on
the Agency. Scherle was very much interested and I suggested that
if he cares to get together a small group of congressmen to come
to the Agency for breakfast and briefings, I would arrange it.
Scherle said he would try to get together a group of five or six.
Scherle said that during the briefing he and fellow freshmen had
my dropping by. Scherle said he was trying to be -placed on the
Armed Services Committee.
a responsible congressman said to the group
that they, presumably meaning other congressmen, were unable
to obtain sufficient information on the Agency to do their job
properly. Scherle thought, in view of what I had told him, that
this was an unfair statement, and he was most appreciative of
6. Called on freshman Congressman
William Nichols (D., Ala. ) for the purpose of introducing myself
and to let him know of our availability should he require information
from the Agency. Nichols is a former military man, who was very
much relaxed about the Agency and who has had friends in the past
who worked for the Agency. Nichols was most appreciative of my
stopping by to see him.
7, Elouise Hood, Congressional
Liaison Staff of AID, advised that Senator A. S. Mike Monroney's
interest concerning the
~ld be referred to them.
All material forwarded by Senator Monroney to us was sent to AID
with advice of this fact also going to Senator Monroney and
8. Met with Mr. Phil Kelleher, House
Armed Services Committee, and tentatively scheduled a visit to the
Agency on Wednesday, 18 January.
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